The Feds Will Soon Be Able to Legally Hack Almost Anyone

Posted by penguinist on Sep 15, 2016 10:22 AM EDT
Wired; By Susan Landau
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The new plan to drastically expand the government’s hacking and surveillance authorities is known formally as amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and the proposal would allow the government to hack a million computers or more with a single warrant. If Congress doesn’t pass legislation blocking this proposal, the new rules go into effect on December 1.

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